Over the weekend, Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa had to be driven back to Johannesburg after the plane he was travelling in experienced technical faults shortly after taking off from White River, Mpumalanga.

This was not the first time a South African Airforce (SAAF) aircraft carrying the deputy president has experienced technical faults. Last month, Ramaphosa cancelled his trip to Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, due to
technical problems experienced by his plane.

President Jacob Zuma has also experienced maintenance issues with his aircraft, when his private jet, Inkwazi, experienced technical difficulties when he was in Burundi last month.